It’s the time of year when everyone has a tendency to be all reflective. When it comes to liverpool, it’s no different. Jürgen klopp can certainly look back on a year of two halves, so to speak. Burnley has a home match to navigate before 2023 comes to an end, but liverpool can look back on a promising start to the season, one that has them firmly in contention for the title. The picture was much more grim from january to june. Liverpool’s belated rally was over, as the club threatened to repeat its 2020/21 trick and salvage champions league football, but mohamed salah and trent alexander-arnold’s best efforts only paid off, with the right-back moving to a new position that seems to be on the way to become klopp’s “2.0” team. That meant a season in the europa league. However, liverpool is now in the running for a potentially lucrative 2024 piece of silverware. Here’s a look at what would happen to the reds in an ideal new year.
Mohamed Salah signs new deal:
We’ve all had this christmas wish before. But that was the reality of salah’s so-called “long-term” deal in the summer of 2022, which was only adding two years to his existing terms, so it was always going to be a “kick the can down the road.” Fsg hasn’t been ‘hoping’ to see any signs of decline from salah by now, as it is evident. It was also signaling that it was possible for egypt to continue at the highest level for a long time by breaking its wage structure. Liverpool may have hoped that the contract negotiation process would be a little easier this time around. Salah has been one of liverpool’s key scorers this season, scoring in almost every game. Throw in the added cost of saudi arabia’s transfer interest, and his fate must be decided as a matter of urgency in 2024. Although there is a lingering urge to cash in, it is quickly overthrew by the fact that nobody can substitute salah’s contribution to this liverpool side. He is a pillar of trust, both in terms of his availability and his ambitions. Even for a player who turns 32 in the summer, all the money in the world will not be enough to discourage him from leaving klopp’s squad. 2024 needs to strike a new deal for it. It’s a little too late to request it for christmas, but it would be a great way to start the new year.
Jürgen Klopp keeps his promise:
Liverpool hasn’t had a good start to december. It was impossible to imagine what could go wrong at christmas 2019. Liverpool is just a single win away from winning the premier league for the first time three months after the pandemic. Klopp’s side escaped the stumbling block of a complete league suspension, but they still won the trophy under depressing, sanitized conditions. Klopp made a pact at the time. Liverpool manager david davis said that he would hold a proper celebration as soon as possible: “i promise we will have the celebration that everyone needs at a suitable time,” he said. We’ll use pretty much the first thing we can think of to do exactly what we want to do.
